Frederick ashley



UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEIoE.

FREDERICK ASHLEY, OF NEIV YORK, N. Y.

ICE-CHAIR.

Speccaton of Letters Patent No.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK ASHLEY, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Porta-ble Skating-Chair, Intended to Serve as, a Vehicle Suitable to Motion upon Ice; and I hereby declare the following to be an exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters marked thereon.

The nature of my invention consists in making a frame of a number of pieces of wood, metal or other material, properly shaped and proportioned to be, at once, light, compact and sufficiently strong; and so titted and fastened together by riveted bolts or their equivalents, as to have lleXible joints so as to be capable of being expanded into the `form of the frame of a chair, when de sired; or of being closed and brought into such shape and reduced bulk as to become conveniently portable. Suitable runners, suoli as skate-irons or their equivalents are attached to the lower extremities of the trame which constitute the legs, said runners being attached by being set into slots in the legs and properly secured; or by being Yfastened on the sides; or by being secured to feet provided with sockets to tit on said legs. The seat and back are formed by eX- tending webbing or other suitable material :from one side of the frame to the opposite, the same being made secure by being fastened upon stretchers made to fit upon the ends of the side supports at the back and the arms that turn down at the front and by means of buttons thereon.

Figure l is a perspective view of the chair frame,- eXpanded, and in its proper standing position. Fig. 2 represents it partly closed. Fig. 3 shows the webbing back and seat together with the st-retchers for setting the same upon the frame.

A A are the main side pieces, which form 31,290, dated February 5, 1861.

the front legs and supports for the back. B B are the two other side pieces, and which, by being attached to the side pieces A A by means of the bolts 0 c can be turned out to such an angle as to form the back legs and also to give a bearing to the arms D D, which arms, by being properly secured bv bolts E E can be brought to tit upon the tenons f' f on the ends of the pieces B B.

H H are cross-braces for connecting the sides A A and B B jointly, and are made with hinged joints I I so as to allow of closing the frame laterally, as shown at Fig. 2.

L L are the webbing seat and back attached lo the stretchers II N, and which are provided with the holes O O O O to tit upon the tenons R R R R.

S S S S are the runners, the same being ma de to move loosely on the pins which hold them in their places, so as to allow of turning them longitudinally with the sides and also to let them have play, in running,to meet easily unevenness of the ice.

IVhen this chair is to be carried any distance, it is intended to turn the side pieces B B and the arms D D so as to bring them parallel with the sides A A and then to close these laterally by bending the crossbraces H H at the joints I I until all are brought together, and in this way reduced to a convenient, portable size. Then it is to be used, as proposed, it is to be drawn out, or expanded, and the seat and back to be adjusted as already shown.

`What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters-Patent is- The combination of a flexible frame with runners the whole constructed substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

FREDK. ASHLEY.

ALBERT C. HOYT. 

